DEVELOPMENT OF A SPACECRAFT MATERIALS DATA BASE

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING AN AUTOMATED DATA BASE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM WHICH CONTAINS A BROAD CROSS SECTION OF INFORMATION ON SPACECRAFT MATERIALS. SUCH A DATA BASE DOES NOT CURRENTLY EXIST. THE DATA BASE FILE STRUCTURE WILL INCLUDE OUTGASSING AND CONDENSATION DATA AND MATERIALS PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES. THE SYSTEM IS FOCUSED TOWARD SERVING A BOARD SEGMENT OF THE AEROSPACE COMMUNITY AND WILL BE DESIGNED TO PERMIT EXPANSION OVER TIME AS ADDITIONAL TEST DATA BECOMES AVAILABLE. VARIOUS FILE STRUCTURES AND QUERY PROCEDURES WILL BE ASSESSED TO IDENTIFY FLEXIBLE APPROACHES TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO MATERIALS PROPERTIES, TEST DATA, AND SYSTEM APPLICATIONS. THE DATA BASE DESIGN WILL PERMIT REMOTE TERMINAL AND CENTRAL SITE DATA INTERROGATION AND MULTIPLE OUTPUT OPTIONS.